Samuel Adams Black Lager | Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)

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Poured from 12-ounce bottle into a Craft Beer Club tasting glass. Deep blackish brown color, with a dark tan head. Lots of complexity in the aroma and flavor profiles: notes of caramel, dark bread, prunes, roasted espresso bean, pepper, and floral hops. Medium-to-heavy mouthfeel, with a nice hit of roasty bitterness up front and a pleasantly dry finish. This was a pleasant surprise. Will definitely keep this one on the radar.

Grabbed a six pack for my wife because she enjoyed the Guinness black lager so much and I was sick of her drinking my beers! Pours very black with a light caramel hue. It goes down smooth, maybe not quite as smooth as the Guinness black, but there is a lot more flavor here than from Guinness. This is a very solid beer, drinks well and has a lot of flavor. Good brew for a quiet Monday night.

Part of the Brewmasters pack I wish I could get the Scottish Ale again,anyways pours a near black but with some ruby highlights thru out some bitter chocolate deep roasted grain in the aromas just smells sweet.Taste of chocolate and sweet caramel with heavily roasted malt but the caramel sweetness almost becomes cloying after awhile.Wow SA wasnt playin around here making a real sweet scharzbier here would have like a little more drier balance liek others I have tried of the style,well to each there own.

Appearance  This was a dark brown in color as it should be with a deceivingly growing off-white foamy head.

Smell  The subtle roasted malt aroma is mixed with some lightly burnt yeast and a smidgen of raw sugar. The grain smell here is dark but nothing is pungent. Theres a smoothness to this bouquet that is quite nice.

Taste  The yeast comes out a bit more at the taste and the sweets step back a tad, but otherwise the driving force is the subtle roasted grain that I caught in the nose. The flavor forms a crescendo on the palate, flowing nicely from burnt toast to roasted malts smoothed by dark yeast then petering out with a mild sugariness.

Mouthfeel  This is between light and medium-bodied with a harmonious feel in the mouth and not at all bitter.

Drinkability  This was a tad off-style but is an excellent drinker and incredibly smooth. Its an obscure style but Sam Adams gave us a nice rendition here.

Interestingly translucent yet black. It looks kind of cool. First impressions are good.

Nose is grainy and chocolaty. Touches of caramel, nougat, toffee, and a general Snickers odor enter into play. Not what Im used to but this works too.

Taste/MF weak, real weak. This is a style that I admire for its full-on boldness both in the taste and mouthfeel categories that blend with an easy drinkability but this one comes up short in both categories. Notes of charred grains, wood, caramel are present but all are light and the big roasted-burnt malt flavor that I want is nowhere to be found. Carbonation is on the light side too.

Enjoyed this one in Cleveland. My mother in-law held onto it for me - thought I'd like to try it.

A: Dark brown, almost black. Rich burgundy highlights showing against the light. Pretty dense stuff - looks porter-like. Creamy head finger head that dissipated to a dusting and a ring.

S: Lager yeast, sweet maltiness, a touch of hop. A hint of coffee an licorice.

T: Very much like the smell. Caramel malt and coffee is more apparent in the taste. Finish is a nice sour ale type experience. Not hitting the spot like I thought it would.

M: Nice and clean like a lager but creamy in the mouth. Light/medium mouth with medium carbonation.

D: They recommended this with BBQ. I had one with Mexican and that was just fine by me. This is my first Schwarzbier. I liked the refreshing lager mixed with malty satisfaction - a real hybrid. I'd really like to try this again. Not blowing my mind but a sound brew.

This is a lager?! I poured this carefully into a pint glass without much fanfare. There was very little head but okay lacing. The color was truly black, or darn close. Sweet malts were prominent on the nose but there was a very slight hint of hops as well. The taste seemed slightly sweet but not necessarily a malty sweetness. Although the malts didn't come through with any major distinction, they were obviously there and the overall body of the beer seemed balanced and smooth. The finish was long and even with that sweetness hanging in there for several seconds.

I think I like Schwarzbier! This is the second one I've had and it's really pretty good. Because of its mildness and hint of sweetness, I think this would be pretty good with spicy or heavily seasoned food. And contrary to its dark heavy look, this really doesn't have a very heavy taste. Good stuff.

This beer was a suprise and I am glad that I tried it. It started out with a nice pour and had a great dark brown color with a light brown head that left great lace and stayed till the end. The smell was nice with some sweet malt scents and molasses and some bready-ness to it. This beer's flavor was very nice with a very light smokiness in the beginning and the light airy mouthfeel really added to the overall sensation. The beer finnished with a bit of sweetness and faded away very dry and made you want to come back for more. This is my favorite Sam Adams release in awhile!

Pours a dark rust color. Smells slightly of chocolate. Tastes of shaved chocolate and a little bit of banana (maybe I'm imagining this?). Mouthfeel is average. Despite the fact that this beer's fairly average, I could still down a few in one sitting.

This is a beer I've only had a few times before. Overall, it isn't a bad beer. It's not something I'd drink often, but it's still heads and shoulders above the usual macro stuff.

Nice dark black pour with a two finger khaki head sitting nicely atop the brew. Dark red coming through from the light along with some lacing as well. Roasted, toasted cocoa, caramel along with a hint of sweet cereal grain and an herbal hop. Nice...but nothing special.

Big roasted burnt maltiness showing off quite a bit of chocolate flavor, with ribbons of caramel and nuts. A nice somewhat spicy herbal hop lurks in the background and brings a mellow bitterness on the way down. Nice sweet/bitter mix. A tasty lager.

Medium bodied with a slight creaminess and healthy carbonation. Quite an easily drinkable brew here...a six pack is a good party option. One of my new faves from Sam Adams.

This beer was a dark brown with a hint of red. It had a small coffee-colored head that had good retention. Some nice lacing. A sweet caramel odor, don't get too much of the roasted grain. Tasted chocolate and coffee, with a minimal hoppiness. A smooth , not substantial feel. Pretty drinkable.